Improve your fitness. Preserve your health.
Our much-anticipated new food guide is officially out, and while not perfect, it is a giant step in the right direction.
Let’s break it down, shall we?
Whenever I’m working with clients, I teach them to look for what’s right rather than what’s wrong as a way of developing an abundance – or growth – mindset.
In that spirit, I’m going to start with everything I love about the new guide.
[Read more…]Now is the time of year many people set goals and develop new habits.
Did you know, though, that there are wildly different schools of thought on the best way to approach habit change?
We all love a good success story, complete with dramatic before and after photos and a story that reads something like:
“I trained for and completed my first marathon even though I haven’t run a single step for twenty-some-odd years. If I can do it, so can you.”
[Read more…]Have you ever gotten into the holiday spirit by doing a bunch of baking, only to have that same baking call your name again and again?
If you can relate, then you’re going to love today’s little hack for eating more real food and fewer treats. Watch the 80-second video below.
[Read more…]Did you know that there is a physiological reason why we crave ice cream, chocolate, sweets (and wine!) when we’re stressed?
It actually works to make us feel less stressed! But only in the short term, sadly. Over time it keeps us locked in food prison. [Read more…]
Last week I talked about some of the (many!) reasons why diets don’t work.
A huge pattern I’ve noticed is that people do not trust themselves around food.
They believe that if left to their own devices they would begin eating and never stop.
This reinforces the need for someone — an expert, a coworker, a friend — to tell them what and when and how much to eat.
I was like this for many years. I felt downright out-of-control around food, like my hunger was completely insatiable. [Read more…]
